·Citizens returning from Mexico should present an
U.S. passport. (Otherwise, they need an official ID, birth certificate, and
waiting in line when returning to the U.S. for a period of time to be decided
by the border gate officer.) More information: the U.S. State Dept. web site: US Citizens - Documents needed for entry into the U.S..

·All tour participants must read the US travel alert
to Mexico and sign the tour waiver. Please click here to get the Tour waiver.

Tour Schedule(There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)

·9:00 am sharp- San Ysidro. Additional information about the meeting place will be provided.

·9:15 am- The crosses at the border: More than 7,000
immigrants have died trying to cross the border since 1994, when NAFTA was
imposed.

·9:30 am- Otay Industrial Park, Sanyo and other
maquiladoras: workers’ labor conditions, labor rights and struggles
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any
factory.

·12:00 pm- Foxconn: the largest maquiladora in both
Tijuana and the world

·12:45 pm- Lunch

·1:15 pm:- Group dialogue about the experience; time
for questions and comments

·2:00 pm- Working women in Tijuana are organizing
artisan cooperatives and promoting an alternative economy. They will bring
their handcrafts to the tour. To learn in advance
about these cooperatives, please go to: Cooperativa Ollin Calli

·3:00 pm- Return to the bus station

 Registration

·$30
regular, $20 students, $ 50 solidarity

·Registration covers the bus, lunch, and a donation to the workers’ organizations.

Environmental Health Coalition, Colectivo Ollín Calli, and members of the Colectivo Chilpancingo Pro Justicia Ambiental, Jóvenes Pro Justicia Ambiental, residents of the Colonia Chilpancingo and neighborhoods adjacent to the Arroyo Alamar and their supporters announced the submission of a petition to procure an injunction against the Arroyo Alamar channelization project that the National Water Commission is developing. More info: Arroyo Alamar.

This is the connection with maquilas: the creek will be destroyed to create a highway linking the maquiladora industrial parks in Tijuana to the maquiladora warehouses in San Diego (Otay). While the highway is perhaps needed, the Alamar creek and its environment does not have to be destroyed to build a new road, especially in a zone where water is a very limited resource.

Extraordinary documentary where maquiladora workers and activists discuss the history of the maquiladora industry in Tijuana, the relationship with NAFTA, the labor and living conditions, the complicity of the government with the maquiladora exploitation, the major obstacles for organizing in the production lines, and more.